No time...

See, the problem with saying "I'll post more details later" is that I never get around to it. So, vacation highlights in bulleted list form:

• Grownups. Shoshanna loves having 10 grownups all to herself. More if you count the staff who totally doted on her. She especially loves her Grandpa, who she calls "Ampa!" She gets very annoyed when she says "Hi, Ampa!" and he doesn't respond immediately.
  
  
  
  
• Boats. Shoshanna went for her first boat ride. She liked it. The last day that we were there, she demanded another boat ride, so we put a lifejacket (Boh dat! - boat jacket) on her and put her in a kayak sitting on the beach. Then she demanded a paddle.
  
  
  
• Beaches. Beaches are good for digging, lakes are good for wading in. Wet sand is good for smearing all over yourself. Enough said.
  
• The play room. Lots and lots of toys, including a really awesome play kitchen and a bus that sang "The Wheels on the Bus".
  
• The playground. We spent lots of time going "whee" and "dye-ing" (driving).
  
  
  
  
  
  
• New words... I can't even remember all of them. Boat, Shoshanna (usually she just says "Shanna"), driving, E-bah (Emily). And SENTENCES! "I see da ball" when pointing to the buoys outlining the swimming area. "I wah Dada." "I see da wawa" (I see the flowers) when grabbing her flowered shorts. And on and on.
  

So that was vacation in a nutshell.

Oh, and we decided today that the way to tell if the toddler has had a good day is if she passes out in the stroller during the after-dinner walk. We spent 3 1/2 hours at the pool this afternoon swimming, jumping into both the wading pool and the big pool, dancing to the live entertainment, and digging in the sandbox. Came home, had dinner, and Shoshanna didn't last through the whole after-dinner walk.